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News Brief: After Cayuga County legislators rejected a proposed settlement Tuesday night, a lawyer for the Cayuga Indian Nation said the nation will try to negotiate a casino and land trust deal with the state and federal governments.

PTseats.com recently launched the only on-line booking service for tournament poker spots with its first casino partner, the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

A stellar line-up has been assembled again by the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation for its annual event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

MAGIC, the most influential trade show in the fashion industry, really isn't about clothes. It's about advertising.

News Brief: With the threat of casino gambling looming in Massachusetts, there is a move to bring “virtual blackjack” to Rhode Island, possibly as early as next month.

News Brief: Revel Entertainment Group plans to develop a $2 billion casino hotel that will top out at nearly 4,000 rooms and tempt customers with an array of retail and entertainment attractions.

News Brief: In the Kentucky campaign, Beshear and Gov. Ernie Fletcher, the Republican incumbent, are both putting forth arguments whether to allow casino-style gambling at racetracks.

News Brief: Philadelphia City Council this week told Pennsylvania lawmakers they weren't welcome in its chambers, at least not to discuss the casinos.

News Brief: Proposed $1 billion casino by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Middleboro, already facing mounting concerns over its impact, could wind up being just the first installment of a much larger buildout, industry experts and critics suggest.

News Brief: The S.C. Education Lottery has put a dent into traditional bingo concessions, but the state's only federally recognized American Indian tribe, the Catawbas in York County, wants to re-enter the contest with a high-stakes parlor in Marion County.

News Brief: A high-stakes political battle may heat up when an union and a racetrack owner go out to ask people to sign petitions that would undo Indian gambling deals and tribes hope to thwart that petition campaign.

Chefs Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina each have announced the culinary teams for their restaurants inside MGM Grand Detroit, slated to open October 2, 2007.

The evolution of Vegas clubs from an afterthought to a destination in and of themselves injected the late-night scene with an infusion of younger customers, money and celebrity.

News Brief: Tennis player Nikolay Davydenko talked Monday about the difficulty of fighting off the intense press focus and chided reports that a Russian Mafia might be involved.

Wednesday marks two years since Hurricane Katrina roared across the Gulf of Mexico and demolished the vibrant casino industry that had flourished along Mississippi's Gulf Coast.

International News Brief: Antigua and Barbuda’s claims against the US are likely to reach as high as $7 billion as the internet gambling dispute continues.

News Brief: The $314.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot winner has not yet come forward.

News Brief: Casinos in Pennsylvania have put a dent in gaming revenues in New Jersey.

News Brief: Two years after Hurricane Katrina shut down the casino business on the Coast, gross gaming revenue soared to a record high of $122.4 million in July.

News Brief: Dealers at Tropicana Casino and Resort voted in the United Auto Workers as their collective bargaining representative by a sweeping majority Saturday.